Carpet-fastener.



No. 757,226- PATENTED APR. 12, 1904. R. REININGER. CARPET FASTENER.

APPLICATION rmm 00cc. a, 1903. .No MODEL. 2 sums-sunny WITNESSES citizenof the United States, .ark, in .the county of Essex fastening device ormeans adapted for use es- .general character hereinafter specified and,5

; .receiving casing, shell, or socket, which is em- 'be described indetail in the following specification and then finally embodied in theclauses I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which ence being had to the accompanying drawings,

The principal purposes of the present in- Other objects-of thisinvention are cheapness and simplicity of construction, the parts 'ingrelations to secure the carpet in place and hereinafter set forth; and,furthermore, this --UNITED STATES Patented April 12, 1904.

RICHARD FEININGER, or

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CARPET-FASTENER- SPEGIFIGATION forming' part of Letters Patent No.757,226, dated April 12, 904.

I Application filed October 9, 1903- To allwhom, it may concern:

- Be it known that I, RIQHARD REININGER, a

residingat N ewand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Carpet-Fasteners; and I do it appertains to makeand use the same, referand to numerals of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in carpet-fasteners; andthe invention has for its primary object to provide a novel peciallywith carpets which are to be laid upon cement and other similar floorsof fireproof buildings, but which may also be used with the ordinarywood'floors.

vention are to provide a carpet-fastener of the one in which the use ofthe usual nails or tacks are dispensed with and by means of whichfastener a carpet can be secured in position upon the floor by" bringinga pin, stud, or the like which is connected with, the carpet infrictional but detachable holding engagement with a suitable holdingmeans arranged in a bedded in the cement floor or held in a suitablehole in the wood flooring, the said holding means being either a springcollar or sleeve or a tubular frictional pad or the like.

of the device being of such arrangement that they'can be quickly broughtinto their holdcan just as readily be separated when it is de- Thepresent invention consists, therefore, in the novel construction ofcarpet-fastener invention consists in the various arrangements I sentedin elevation.

Serial No. 176,361. (No model.)

of the claim which areappended to and form an essential part of the saidspecification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 represents, partly in section and partly in plan, thecorner of a room and in plan the one corner portion of a carpet securedin place upon the floor by means of one form of holding device-orcarpet-fastener embodying the principles of my present invention. Fig. 2is a transverse vertical section of a portion of a cement or otherfloor, a portion of a carpet, and a carpet-fastener, made according tothe'principles of my invention, illustrating one manner of arranging aportion of the fastener in the floor and one means of bringing a holdingstud or pin, which is connected with the carpet, in separable holdingengagement with a spring collar or sleeve arranged within the main bodyof the device. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the floor and a topedge View of the stud or pin receiving socket or shell of the fastener,and Fig. 4 is a sectional representation of the floor with the saidreceiving socket or shell illustrated in elevation. Fig. 5 is a verticalsectional representation of the said stud or pin receiving socket orshell with the spring collar or sleeve in its position therein, the saidcollar or sleeve being repre- Fig. 6 is a horizontal sec tion'of thesame, said section being taken on line 6 Sin said Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 isa perspective view of the said spring collar or sleeve a frictionalholding-pad, of rubber or other analogous material; and Fig. 9 is ahorizontal section of the same, said section being taken on line 9 9 insaid Fig. 8. Fig-10 is another modified, form of construction of pin orstud receiving socket or shell provided with a tubular retaining device,preferably. made of wood; and Fig; 11 is a sectionalrepresentationsimilar to that represented in Fig. 2 of the drawings of still anothermodified form and construction of carpet-fastener embodying the leadingfeatures of my invention.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the saidabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Fig. 8 is a sectional representation of a stud .or pin receiving socketor shell provided with I Referring to the several figures of thedrawings, and more especially to Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, the referencecharacter 1 indicates the carpet, and 2is any suitable floor of abuilding, said floor being either of cement, wood, or any othersuitablematerial, the drawings hereof indicating a flooring of cement or otherlike material. Suitablysecured in the said flooring and at the desireddistances along the surbase 3 by being embedded in the cement floorbefore it has become set and hardened or by being driven intosuitably-disposed receiving holes or openings drilled or otherwiseformed in the flooring are suitable stud or pin receiving sockets orshells'4, preferably spun out of sheet metal, but which may be otherwisemade, as will be clearly evident. Each socket or shell 4 is preferablyformed with one or more inwardly-extending annular projections orbead-like members 5, which serve to firmly retain the said receivingsockets or shells in their embedded positions in the flooring, and theupper end portion of each socket or shell 4 is. preferably made with anoutwardly-flaring and funnel or bell shaped mouth 6 and a reducedportion 7, forming a throat, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, 4,

and 5,'but which may be dispensed with, if desired, as clearlyindicatedin Figs. 8 and 10 of the drawings. Suitably arranged within thesaid shell or socket 4, and preferably in the upper portion thereofbetween the uppermost inwardly-extending annular bead 5 and the throat7, is a split collar'or sleeve-8, made from spring metal; but thiscollar or sleeve -may be arranged in any other suitable portion of thesaid receiving socket or shell 4, as

will be clearly understood.- Owing-to the split arrangement of the saidsleeve'or collar 8, its exterioror maximum diameter being less than 1the internal or minimum diameter of the shell 4, the said collar orsleeve can readily be forced into position in the 'said receiving shellor socket 4 and is held in its position therein to receive a fasteningstud or pin.9

or the like and retain the said stud .or pin 9 by frictional contact inits operative but separable holding relation within the said socket orshell 4. "The carpetis .provided along its marginal edge portions withcorrespondinglyplaced eyelets 10 or other perforated receiving devices,in which the studs or pins 9 are inserted, and then forced into theirholding engagement with the spring sleeves or collars 8 in thereceivingsockets or shells 4, the said studs or pins being formed with suitableheads or enlargements 11, adapted to be brought against the uppersurfaces of the eyelets or other receiving devices 10, as clearlyillustrated'in Fig. 20f the drawings. i If desired, the eyelets or otherperforated fastening devices 10, with which the carpetis' provided, maybe dispensed with, as indicated in Fig. 11 ofthe. drawings, in whichcase a pin or'nail 12, provided with a pointed end 13 carpet and thenforced into holding relation with the split collar or sleeve 8 intheireceiving socket-or shell 4, asclearly-indicated.

Instead of the split collar or sleeve 8 the receiving socket or shell 4may-be provided with and a head 14,.may be insertedthrough the a studorpin receiving device or pad, as 15,

preferably made of rubberyleather, or any other similar material, thesame being provided with a receiving duct or opening, as 16, asillustrated in Figs. 8 and 9. This device or pad 15 is forciblycompressed in the receiving socket 0r shell 4, being held therein byfrictional contact, and the receiving duct or opening "16', which'ismade with a slightly smaller cross-section than that of the pin, stud,or'nail, is adapted to receive the said pin, stud, or nail and holds thesame in place by frictional engagement, as will be clearly evident. e I

Another device is represented in Fig. 10 of the drawings, in which thestud or pin receiving and retaining device is made in'the form of atubular block 17, of wood or other suitable material.such aspapier-mich, rubber, or the likeand which is held in position within thereceiving socket or shell 4 by means of prongs 18 or other suitableprojections or indentations embedded in the sides ofithe said block 17as shown. This block 17' is also made with a tubular duct or. opening 19of slightly smaller cross-section than that and holding the same in themanner previously set forth. A

said flooring is of cement,2wood, or anyother I 110 the floor when foundmaterial, and which permits of the carpet being quickly lifted fromnecessary.

'of the stud or pin 8, but capable of receiving 10o From an inspectionof the several figures I- am aware that the fastenerembodying theprinciples of my invention may-also be put to many other uses. h

It will be further understood that the arrangements and combinations ofthe various 'partscomprisingthe fastener, as wellas the details of theconstruction thereof, may be modified and departed from withoutdepartingfrom the scope of my present invention.

Hence I donot limit my invention to' the ex- A act arrangements andcombinations of parts as described in the foregoing specification and asillustrated in the accompanying drawings;

nor'do I confine myself to the exact details of theconstruction of thesaid parts.

1 Having" thus claim is V v 1; A device for fastening carpets,or thelike,

described invention, H what I comprising, a chambered shell adapted tobe arranged in a floor or similar body, an annular bead connected withsaid shell adapted to become embedded in the floor or similar body toprevent the withdrawal of said shell from the floor or similar body, aholding means in said shell, and a pin or stud inserted in the carpet,or the like, and in frictional engagement with said holding means in theshell, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A device for fastening carpets,or the like, comprising, a chamberedshell adapted to be arranged in a floor or similar body, an annular beadconnected with said shell adapted to become embedded in the floor orsimilar body to prevent the withdrawal of said shell from the floororsimilar body, a flexible holding means in said shell, and a pin orstud inserted in the carpet, or the like, and in frictional holdingengagement with said flexible holding means in the shell, substantiallyas and for the purposes-set forth.

3. A device for fastening carpets, or the like, comprising, a chamberedshell adapted to be arranged in a floor'or similar body, anannular beadconnected-with said shell arranged to become embedded in said floor orsimilar body to prevent the withdrawal of said shell from the said flooror similar body, a flexible and longitudinally-split tubular sleeve insaid lar bead 5,

. adapted to shell, and a fastening pin or stud adapted to,

I 4. The herein-described carpet-fastener,.

consisting, of a shell 4 provided with an annua throat 7 and a flaringmouth 6, a tubular sleeve in said shell, said sleeve being arrangedbetween said head and said throat, and a pin or stud adapted to bebrought in frictional holding engagement with the tubular part of saidsleeve, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The herein-described carpet-fastener,

consisting, of a shell 4 provided with an annular head 5, a throat 7 andflaring mouth 6, a

tubular and longitudinally-split sleeve in said shell, said sleeve beingarranged between said head and said throat, and a pin or stud be broughtin frictional holding engagement with the tubular part of said sleeve,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 6th day of October, 1903.-

' RICHARD REININGER. Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEo. D. RICHARDS.

